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VerizonProgram Manager in
Ashburn, Virginia

What you’ll be doing...

You’ll be managing strategic portfolios of programs and projects that drive towards successful attain of business goals and objectives and will ultimately drive exceptional customer satisfaction for our business customers. You’ll bring together cross-functional teams across geographic regions to work together to implement programs to make us deliver even better solutions and service to our customers. Because here, better matters.

Managing high visibility strategic projects.

Forging cross-functional partnerships to get to the work done.

Creating detailed project plans, other documentation and communicating business updates.

Identifying resource requirements and pulling in the right people.

Monitoring program and project progress, anticipating and reducing risk.

Developing, reviewing, and continuously improving processes.

What we’re looking for...

People come to you for advice and counsel. You are a highly effective communicator and listen with both your eyes and ears. You value diverse perspectives and seek out different points of view when trying to solve a complex problem. Obstacles are puzzles you’d like to solve. You’re not afraid to speak your mind and know it’s better to call attention to something before it gets out of hand. You have a sense of urgency and deliver on-time, on-budget results. You keep the big picture in focus as you manage the details on the way to the finish line.

You’ll need to have:

Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.

Six or more years of relevant work experience.

Project management experience.

Even better if you have:

A degree

Managed large complex projects involving multiple work streams and stakeholders.

Managed projects with PMI methodologies.

Certification in PMP.

Practical knowledge of PPM tools.

Motivated and influenced teams to deliver outcomes and results.

When you join Verizon...

You’ll be doing work that matters alongside other talented people, transforming the way people, businesses and things connect with each other. Beyond powering America’s fastest and most reliable network, we’re leading the way in broadband, cloud and security solutions, Internet of Things and innovating in areas such as, video entertainment. Of course, we will offer you great pay and benefits, but we’re about more than that. Verizon is a place where you can craft your own path to greatness. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, find your future at Verizon.